Lancaster

Working In Lancaster

Lancaster is a city of stone. Georgian townhouses around the centre, tight Victorian terraces through Freehold, Primrose and the Marsh, and solid interwar semis on the edges, most of it built with thick walls and slate roofs that reward proper maintenance and punish neglect.

Solid stone walls do not behave like modern cavity ones. They need to breathe, so the wrong render or a quick seal-it-up damp fix traps moisture and makes things worse. We treat older buildings the right way: diagnose first, repair the actual fault, use finishes that work with the wall.

From roof and gutter repairs on a terrace to a full render, a new drive or a garden makeover, Lancaster is core patch for us and travel is never an issue.

• Solid stone walls that need breathable finishes
• Slate roofs with slipped and delaminating slates
• Victorian terraces with tired rooflines
• Damp in thick-walled older buildings
• Rear yards and gardens ready for a rethink
• Drives and paths on sloping plots